Dates Events

1960's : Introduction of EDI and EFT (not succesful)

Development of ARPANET (the military)

1971:Development of TIP Protocol which permitted connections to ARPANET (universities and resources)

1982: ARPANET switch to TCP/IP

1984: ANSI created ASCX12. Also led to other electronic money transactions such as ATM, Credit Cards, and PhoneBanking

Mid 1980's: Compuserve launched a new service Electronic Mall (not succesful)

1990: Tim Berners-Lee proposed the 1st Web Browser
Internet was launched public

1991: NSF open the doors for electronic commerce

1993: Mosaic was introduced by M.Anderseen

1994: Mosaic was transformed into Netscape. (Includes a security protocol (SSL)

1995: VeriSing developed digital IDS First sale on Amazon.com by Jeff Bezos

1996: Pierre Omidyar introduced a website called AuctionWeb

1997: On September 1997 e-Bay had expanded worldwide

1998: ADSL allowed users of the web to access internet speeds at higher bandwiths

2008: Omidyar put on-line buying and selling in the hands of the public